I am very rarely a grumpy old man, railing at modernity. But I'm struggling to understand: why you would want to change famous Brits for generic animals? Is it because we're unable to agree… (View Post)

It's really hard to get regime change through bombing alone. Especially when the areas you are best able to bomb -i.e. the cities- are the places where all the opponents of the regime live. (View Post)

I'm not suggesting a plane based deterrent, I'm point out that cruise missiles are basically just aircraft, and therefore have significantly fewer challenges being adapted to carry nuclear … (View Post)

You need: (a) enriched uranium or plutonium We have a civilian nuclear industry so we have the raw materials. We don't have HEU, currently. But this also isn't that technically complicted t… (View Post)

On topic, yes, the UK does need need greater independence. And yes, it is possible for that independence to include nuclear; if France can manage it, we could too. Would an independenent nuclear dete… (View Post)